The Thing About the Truth by Lauren Barnholdt

Author:Lauren Barnholdt
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: (¯`'•.¸//(*_*)\\¸.•'´¯), General Fiction
ISBN: 9781442434622
Publisher: Simon Pulse
Published: 2012-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Before

Kelsey

I can’t sleep. I’m just lying here in bed thinking about Isaac. I was hoping he’d call me back. I hate the idea of him being at the beach with Marina. I hate the idea that he called to invite me, and that I didn’t answer just because of some stupid thing that happened at my old school with Rex. I hate that I’m awake thinking about it, that the exact thing I’d wanted to avoid—obsessing over Isaac—is happening.

At around two in the morning I give up and turn my light on, deciding to try to read. But I can’t find any books I’m interested in. The crazy thing about it is that my to-be-read pile is so high it’s about to fall over. But there’s nothing I want to read. The thing about me and books is that whichever one I’m reading always reminds me of whatever’s happening in my life during that time.

And since I like to reread really good books, I’m afraid to start reading something new. What if it’s a really good book that I want to read again sometime? And I can’t because it will always remind me of the night I spent lying awake thinking about Isaac. That’s what happened with this book by Susan Mallery that I was reading when that whole thing happened with Rex.

The book was so good, and it had the best romance ever. But I couldn’t finish it. It’s still sitting there on my shelf. I can’t read it. It’ll bring up too many memories.

At around five the sun starts to peek up over the horizon. I wish I was the kind of girl who was always going out for runs. Runs are supposedly really good for your mental state. The girls in the books I’m reading are always going out for runs really late at night or early in the morning to work out all their sexual frustration or get some guy off their minds. It always works, and they get superfit in the process, causing whatever guy they were all brokenhearted about to want them back. Of course, by then they’ve moved on to someone better.

I’ve always hated running. Too boring. And hard. I’ve tried listening to music, but even then it sucks. You can’t even turn the music up too loud, because if you do, you won’t be able to hear, and then you might get accosted by some kind of crazy attacker.

Still. As long as I’m awake and it’s technically morning, I might as well get up and do something. Maybe some homework.

I throw on a pair of yoga pants and a hoodie, then tiptoe downstairs. I brew a pot of extrastrong coffee, then grab my bag and set it down on the table. I pull out my notebook and start to make a checklist of all the work I have to do. I like to have checklists. That way, I can make a check next to each thing as I do it. It’s very satisfying.

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